Truly. These ladies were phenomenal. If only they could have heard the chatter after they’d left about how inspiring, intelligent, generous everyone thought they were. How grateful everyone was. It was a memorable year. One for the books 🙂

Since a picture is worth a 1,000 words, here are some–you guessed–pictures 🙂

Christine Krones of Houghton Mifflin teaches us about herself, writing, and the business. Lots of fantastic info–and her visuals were awesome!

Love this picture of Sarah Dotts Barley, Editor at HarperCollins. It’s just “so Sarah” – full of joy and affection for literature. And sweetness toward writers 🙂 She spoke to us about revision – the rest of us scribbled wildly.

Regina Griffin, Executive Editor from Egmont was our final mentor to speak–and what a way to wrap up. I wish I’d been able to record it–such phenomenal wisdom-laden points laced with clever humor.

Group shot during evening portion of first pages. Mentors were awesome at this!

THANK YOU again to our wonderful mentors. This was a year for the books, as they say. 🙂

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I have the best job ever! I'm the author of ONE FOR THE MURPHYS and FISH IN A TREE (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin~2012, 2014) I am also the director of the annual SCBWI-NE Whispering Pines Retreat. I live with my husband, two teenagers, impetuous beagle and beagle-loathing cat.